Egyptian Colloquial Arabic for the Advanced Learner‎.‎ 2‎:‎ Proverbs Kamal Al Ekhnawy Jamal Ali A new resource to help advanced students speak Egyptian Colloquial Arabic like a native While most courses in Egyptian Arabic teach the essentials of syntax‎,‎ morphology‎,‎ and vocabulary‎,‎ this second in a series of three books takes the student a step beyond and focuses on colorful expressions used by native speakers‎.‎ The learner will advance from knowing how to form a good sentence to being able to express his or her thoughts about the ups and downs of daily life using culturally appropriate phrases‎.‎ Following the first volume which highlighted the many expressions used to describe people‎,‎ their characteristics‎,‎ their behaviors‎,‎ and their attitudes‎,‎ this second volume focuses on proverbs and their use‎.‎ Each entry is given fully voweled‎,‎ and definitions ‎(‎including connotation‎)‎ and explanations are given in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic‎.‎ The book also contains a large number of exercises‎.‎ Bookmark and Share E‎-mail to a friend Print Kamal Al Ekhnawy is an Arabic instructor at the Arabic Language Institute at the American University in Cairo‎.‎ He has been teaching both Egyptian Colloquial and Modern Standard Arabic since 1989‎.‎ Jamal Ali is a distinguished lecturer in Arabic at Hunter College in New York City‎.‎ He is the author of Language and Heresy in Ismaili Thought and has taught both Egyptian Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic at a number of American universities‎.‎ Customer Reviews No available reviews Write your own review ›